IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rcitxx/v27y2024i7p1159-1172.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The impact of tourism development on social welfare in Africa: quantile regression analysis

Author

Listed:
  • Pan Xuanming
  • Toyo Amègnonna Marcel Dossou
  • Kouessi Pascal Dossou
  • Alastaire Sèna Alinsato

Abstract

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the tourism sector which has resulted in unemployment, high rate of income inequality and poverty, and ultimately undermined social welfare improvement. Hence, to provide a better post-COVID-19 plan recovery, it’s important to promote tourism sector development which can promote inclusive growth by reducing gender inequality, income inequality and poverty. This study empirically examines the influences of tourism development on social welfare in 45 African countries during 1996–2020. The empirical evidence is based on quantile estimation techniques. The results reveal that tourism development (indicated by international tourism receipts and international tourist arrivals) appears to increase the human development index, meaning that tourism development can contribute to improving social welfare in the continent. Policy implications are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Pan Xuanming & Toyo Amègnonna Marcel Dossou & Kouessi Pascal Dossou & Alastaire Sèna Alinsato, 2024. "The impact of tourism development on social welfare in Africa: quantile regression analysis," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(7), pages 1159-1172, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:27:y:2024:i:7:p:1159-1172
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2023.2214351
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13683500.2023.2214351
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/13683500.2023.2214351?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:27:y:2024:i:7:p:1159-1172. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rcit .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.